Grass Lake in Alpena County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Grass Lake in Alpena County, Michigan. The bank is 591 feet above sea level. About 292 acres, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. Roughly 3.1 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It is low-lying compared with other Michigan water we list. The closest town, Alpena, is 6.5 miles distant. Hubbard Lake is 27 miles and Rogers City 31 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Grass Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Alpena County, recorded fish include rainbow smelt, common carp, lake whitefish and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Grass Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 67°F on average, January about 19°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly mid December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It holds true on Grass Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. This sits inside Julius C. And Marie Moran Peter Memorial Nature Sanctuary, so read the reserve notices first. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Elbow Lake is 4.1 miles distant. The position on Grass Lake is worth confirming on the day.